Directed By Billy Wilder

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Four films by the famous multi-Oscar nominated director Billy Wilder collected in a box set. Wilder's films were known for having substance & mass appeal
- a rare combination in heady '40s Hollywood where quantity was the only yardstick for most studios. ' The Major & the Minor' (1942) is a comedy starring the incomparable Ginger Rodgers
- a young woman disillusioned with the big city, trying to get home. Lacking cash, she disguises herself as a child called Su-Su to get a child ticket. She's befriended by a kindly Major (Ray Milland) who insists on looking after the poor but deceitful waif who, in turn, falls in love with him. ' Double Indemnity' (1944) is arguably Wilder's masterpiece. A noir mystery, it stars Barbara Stanwyck as a bored housewife cum femme fatale seducing her insurance man (Fred Mc Murray). ' The Lost Weekend' (1945) was one of the first films to tackle alcoholism with any seriousness. Ray Mill&, who won an Oscar for the role, stars as Don Birnam, a hopeless alcoholic struggling to hide his addiction & rebuff earnest attempts by his brother (John Terry) & his paramour (Jane Wyman) to help him quit. His brother organizes a weekend away, which becomes an even more desperate swallow-session for Don. 'A Foreign Affair' (1948) is set in postwar occupied Berlin & tells the story of Erica (Marlene Detrich) a café singer with a Nazi past. She seduces Captain John Pringle (John Lund) in the hope he can help her find her former Nazi lover. A U.S. Congresswoman played by Jean Arthur, is investigating GI conduct in the city & discovers Erica's past.